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Florida Museum Science

Mammalogy

man showing fossil tooth to his young daughter

Museum Alumni

Alumni Q&A: Angelo Soto-Centeno

January 30, 2019

“I think one thing from the Florida Museum that I’ll always take with me is how approachable my collaborators were…Read More

Big brown bat colony

Five Facts

Five Facts: Bats in Florida

February 8, 2018

First of all, there are no vampire bats in Florida! And bats are not rodents. They are in their own…Read More

Verity Mathis in mammal collection

Profiles

Becoming Visible: Verity Mathis

December 5, 2017

The University of Florida’s Florida Museum of Natural History celebrated 100 years of inspiring people to care about life on…Read More

An aerial view of Florida and the Bahamas

Evolution

Ocean channel in Bahamas marks genetic divide in Brazilian free-tailed bats

August 18, 2017

Brazilian free-tailed bats are expert flyers, capable of migrating hundreds of miles and regularly traveling more than 30 miles a…Read More

Genome sequencing, lice and bacteria

Evolution

Partners in parasitism, lice and their bacterial sidekicks share long history

April 14, 2017

A Florida Museum of Natural History study provides new insights into the complex, shared history between blood-sucking lice and the…Read More

specimen boxes open to display Florida panther skeletons

Collections

Mammal collections and the Florida panther

June 9, 2016

Verity Mathis, mammal collections manager at the Florida Museum of Natural History, discusses the importance of mammal collections and the…Read More

An armadillo in the grass

Five Facts

Five Facts: Nine-banded armadillo

February 1, 2016

The nine-banded armadillo, Dasypus novemcinctus, is a medium-size, armored mammal that is mostly nocturnal and lives in a great deal…Read More

A white bat in a researcher's glove

Life on Earth

Why Science? Bat Research

January 31, 2014

University of Florida graduate student Kelly Speer talks about her interest in studying mammals and population variations by researching bat…Read More

bat specimens tagged in a drawer

Life on Earth

Bat Dispersal in the Bahamas

January 12, 2014

University of Florida graduate student Kelly Speer discusses her research using DNA differences to learn about bat populations in the…Read More

A horizontal view of Pediculus humanus

Evolution

Study on worldwide lice DNA may lead to better treatment methods

February 27, 2013

A new study on louse evolution shows the parasite’s genetic structure differs based on geographic region, information essential for developing…Read More

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